IRISH-bred Swansea Mile upset the A.P. Smithwick Memorial at Saratoga on Thursday, outgunning favorite Modem, making his first start since leaving Jessica Harrington’s stable, over the final quarter-mile and scoring by two lengths with Diplomat 14 3/4 lengths back in third.

Owned by George Mahoney’s Rosbrian Farm, Swansea Mile won for the first time since April 2016 and gave world-travelling jockey Michael Mitchell a sweep of the season’s first two jump races.

“I think I appreciated it more today than what I did yesterday, it was all a bit of a new experience yesterday, now I realise how lucky I am to be riding winners at Saratoga, I’m probably more in awe of it today,” said Mitchell, who returned from a broken jaw at Parx. “I got a lot of congratulations and good responses, it’s worlds apart, it’s nice to help bring racing around the world together, to realize that people love the sport.”

Trained by Ted Walsh in Ireland and Dan Skelton in England, Swansea Mile was purchased at the Goffs UK horses in training sale last summer. He earned his first American win after six losses over jumps and another on the flat at Parx Racing on July 8th.